Evergreen Pacific Partners hopes to use connections in the Western US and Canada to find deal flow for its new buyout fund.
Montagu Private Equity, the European mid-market private equity firm, has completed the buyout of LEO Animal Health, a Danish maker of animal health products, for around €100m.
Goldman Sachs Private Equity Group has closed its seventh primary fund of funds vehicle on $1.2bn shortly after wrapping up a $1.5bn secondary vehicle.
The private equity energy specialist has named Alex Krueger a managing director in the firm’s Connecticut office.
Troubled insurance broker Marsh & McLennan announced its MMC Capital private equity unit is to become independent.
Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners’ second vehicle will make commitments to US and European buyout, global venture and special situation partnerships.
Atlanta-based Roark Capital enters the institutional private equity world with its first fund, raising $413m in just six months.
The Toronto-based Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement Pension has reported a higher-than-expected return on investments for 2004, crediting the boost to private market investments.
Index Ventures is the latest European VC investor to raise a new vehicle, closing its fourth fund on €300m.
Investors have bet $210m on the new venture capital firm’s three founding veteran tech partners, who succeeded in raising their first-time early-stage fund in about nine months.